Records of Robert Sewell on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Sewell and the Sewell Genealogy

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Robert Sewell (historian)

Robert Sewell (1845–1925) worked in the civil service of the Madras Presidency during the period of colonial rule in India. He was Keeper of the Madras Record Office and was tasked with responsibility for documenting ancient inscriptions and remains in the region, As with other British administrators of his type at that period, his purpose was not scholarly but rather to bolster administrative control by constructing a history that placed British rule as a virtue and a necessity rather than something to be denigrated. Portrayal of historic factionalism among local figureheads and dominion by alien despots would, it was thought, enhance the perception that only the British could rescue the country from its past.

Sewell's specialism was the Vijayanagara Empire, about which he authored A Forgotten Empire Vijayanagar: A Contribution to the History of India (1900). Burton Stein described this book as Sewell's

Sewell undertook archaeological work, including at the Buddhist stupa at Amaravati, which had already been largely destroyed prior to his arrival. The site had previously been surveyed by Colin Mackenzie and Walter Elliot. His record-keeping at that site in 1877 has been criticised for making an already-bad situation worse, adding to the problems that meant it was impossible to correlate the finds made.

Sewell was guided by various native speakers of the Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu languages spoken there. Some of these aides went on to publish research of their own, such as S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar.

Source: Robert Sewell (historian), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Robert Sewell (lawyer)

Robert Sewell (1751 – 30 April 1828) was Attorney General of Jamaica and pro-slavery member of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Sewell was the son of Sir Thomas Sewell and Catherine Heath of Ottershaw Park, Surrey and christened 13 December 1751 at All Hallows, London. He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1770.

He married Sarah Lewis in St Pancras, London on 18 November 1775. In February 1776 they set sail for Jamaica on board the Judith and Hilaria from Portsmouth with Sarah's sisters Mary, Maria and Catherine. In 1780 he was appointed Attorney General of Jamaica, returning in 1795 to become the agent for Jamaica.

In 1781 he fathered an illegitimate son with a local black woman. This son was the future-revolutionary William Davidson.

He became Member of Parliament for Grampound from 1796 to 1802 and spoke in the House of Commons on behalf of the West Indian Planters interest. In May 1797, he argued that it would be economically impossible to abolish slavery. In April and May 1798 he spoke against the abolitionist William Smith's proposal to provide minimum space for enslaved Africans on slave ships. He rejected a minimum of arguing that "negroes prefer being herded together".

He was an uncle of "Monk" Lewis. He also brought up William Henry, who adopted the name William Henry Sewell and became a general in the British Army.

Source: Robert Sewell (lawyer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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